NameThatPlant.net: Carex retroflexa

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex retroflexa FAMILY Cyperaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Reflexed Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex retroflexa FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carex retroflexa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Carex retroflexa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex retroflexa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-005:

Carex retroflexa FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Carex retroflexa var. retroflexa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex retroflexa

COMMON NAME:
Reflexed Sedge

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image of Carex retroflexa, Reflexed Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_care9_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex retroflexa FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex retroflexa FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex retroflexa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex retroflexa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex retroflexa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-005:
Carex retroflexa FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex retroflexa var. retroflexa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex retroflexa

4293

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry to mesic forests, especially over base-rich substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes w both staminate & pistillate flowers (staminate above)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

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